ördekbaşı
Turkish
Etymology
From ördek (“duck”) + baş (“head”) + -ı (“possessive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /œɾˈdec.ba.ʃɯ/
- Hyphenation: ör‧dek‧ba‧şı
Noun
ördekbaşı (definite accusative ördekbaşını, uncountable)
- The color of an adult male Mallard duck's head plumes, a dark blueish-green tone.
- ördekbaşı:
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ördekbaşı | — |
| definite accusative | ördekbaşını | — |
| dative | ördekbaşına | — |
| locative | ördekbaşında | — |
| ablative | ördekbaşından | — |
| genitive | ördekbaşının | — |
Adjective
ördekbaşı
- Having the color of an adult male Mallard duck's head plumes.
See also
Further reading
- “ördekbaşı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ördekbaşı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3707